The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Wales region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 35 53 48
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -5
Contract jobs citing VB6 9 1 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 2.113% 0.175% 1.970%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.317% 0.599% 6.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
Average daily rate £325 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £294
% change year-on-year
- +10.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
123 167 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 28.87% 29.30% 31.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 86 94
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £175 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 10
Average hourly rate £36.25 £23.75 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.63% -44.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB6
UK

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wales VB6 Jobs Demand Trend

VB6
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB6 across the Wales region.

Wales VB6 Daily Rate Trend

VB6
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the Wales region.

Wales VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales +10 9 £325 -
VB6
UK

VB6
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing VB6 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB6.

1 17 (100.00%) VB
1 17 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 17 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 17 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
1 17 (100.00%) ERP
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 17 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 17 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (64.71%) Team Foundation Server

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing VB6 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
1 17 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 17 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 17 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 11 (64.71%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 17 (100.00%) Developer
1 17 (100.00%) Programmer
1 17 (100.00%) Software Programmer
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) ERP
1 17 (100.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) VB
1 17 (100.00%) VB.NET
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Location - Cardiff Duration - 3 months Key Skills - PICK, Unix, Visual Basic 6.0 We have an urgent requirement for a Senior Software Developer with an excellent understanding of...
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Posted: 22 May 2013